Clamp or securing device for wire cables and the like.



H. s. NEATS. CLAMP 0R SECURING DEVICE FOR WIRE GABLES AND THE LIKE. I

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1911. 1,010,301. Patented Nov. 28,1911.

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cum? on sncuanie nnvrcn FOB wmn cannn's AND THE LIKE.

ing the ends of wires or wire cables and the like, such as are used inaeroplane construcpurposes.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and various elements and parts, whereby a simple and'efiicient clamp or securing means is produced, as hereinafter more particularly set forth. l In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 1s a general view of one form'ot' my mvention showing two clampsholding the two.

' ends'of a Wire or cable which is shown as of the inner plug member of'the connectlon wlth a-wire'or cable.

connecting two rods or posts. sents on a larger scale a perspective View clamp in Fig. 3 is a perspective view also on a larger scale of the inner or plug member of this clamp. Fig.4 is a perspective view also on a larger scale of the. outer sleeve or socket member of said clamp. Fig. 5. represents a side .elevation of this clamp including the socket and plug members united. Fig. 6 is an end elevation ot the plug. Fig. 7 represents a longitudinal vertical section thereof.

' socket'memberv 1 1 is h Similar reference numbers indicate" .corresponding-parts in all thefigures. f

A clamp embodying this invention in the form shown in cylindrical sleeve or socket member 14: and aplug member 17. Y a p The end 15 of the socket member 14 is angular in form preferably hexagonal permit the application of a wrench. This ollowed out for the referably in the bore 16. The hexagonal endis closed and provided with greater part of its length an approximately central aperture or perfo-- ration 21, shown in Fig. 7, opening into the hollow interior space 16. The plug member l'l'rreferably pro- 18 which may vid ed with an enlarged hea Jersey, have inof which thef li.

combination of Fig. 2 repre-- the drawings comprises a I member is externally screw-threaded as shown in Figs..'2 and 3 so that it may be screwed into the member 17 This plug Specification of Lettez-s Patent. I Patented Nov. 28, 1911'. Application filed r 113; 31. 1911. Seria1Ho. 641,525. H

member is provided with two longitudinal wireways or bores bore 19 runs in a slanting direction adapting it to register .wit the opening 21" in the member 14 when the parts are assembled as shown in Fig. 7, but the other bore 20- 19 and 20, whereofthe runs approximately parallel with the side i of the plug mem er 17. The plug member -'17 is also provided with a longitudinal wireform of a" groove or channel 22. theform of my invention. just way in the 1 In using v described the end of the wire or cable to be secured -is.-p'assed first through the-opening 21 in the end of the member 14% and continued through-the bore 19 or the plug 17,

then, for example, around a post 23 or other be, secured by the said object which is to wire or cable, as shown in Fig. 1, then back through the bore 20, en across the inner end of the plug member 17 between the'same and the end of the member 1 1, then back" through the channel 22 of the plug member- 17. It will of course be understood-that the above operations are performed while the members 14 and 17' are separate from each other, butv that after the wire or cable has been placed. in position in the bores and channel as above described, the member 14: is brought up to the member 17 and screwed over thelatter until the two members are brought into the position When this has been donethe two members are securely attached together. and the end of the wire or cable is held firmly in place against any tractive force to which the same may be subjected.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim-as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows: I 1. A device of thev character described comprisinga socket member having aclosed shown in Fig. 7. I

end provided witha small central. opening and aplug member having a triangular series of longitudinal wireways, one of which 'registers at one end-with said central openthe" character described member provided with a;

and A longitudinal groove orchannel; an In witness whereof-I have herenntosigned" exterior'member hollowed out'from one end my name this 28th day of J lily, 1911; in the fora substantial portion of its length and prese'noe of two subscribing witnesses.- provided at the other end with an approxi- 5. mately central opening and adaptedto re- Witnesses:

ceive interiorly thereof the said plug memv EDMOND CONGAB BROWN, 7 her. q

E.-L. BROWN.

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